“It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom. But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.” (x)

So far this film has a score of 33% (based on 123 reviews) on the rottentomatoes website, which present the following comment: “‘The Legend of Tarzan‘ has more on its mind than many movies starring the classic character, but that isn’t enough to make up for its generic plot or sluggish pace”. It seems to be unanimous amongst critics that this film didn’t live up to its expectations, besides the inicial potential that it showed to have. These bad reviews have even targeted Warner Bros., whose latest reboots have been described as flops. Critics seem to agree that this film’s plot is slow, tedious, and not catchy enough, and that it’s CGI techniques were rather poor. While some critics (Peter Debruge, Variety) positively mention (or at least it seems so) how much more complex this Tarzan seems to be, raising against the white men who have been exploiting the African continent for many centuries and that have no respect for this continent’s natives, others refer that this was a failed attempt, not only because this ‘rebellion’ was led by a white couple, but also because it presents itself as uncomfortable colonial optics (Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian).

“The Legend of Tarzan” premieres today (July 1st) in the United States. This film has already premiered in several countries, including, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Hungary, and Canada. It will premiered in the several others until the end of July. The information provided in this post was taken from the following websites: movieweb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com and imdb.com.